1 year on, EU alternative to China’s belt and road fails to deliver
Global Gateway has delivered little in concrete projects, while confusion reigns in Brussels and beyond about the initiative.
Will diplomacy bring restraint back to the South China Sea?
Author: Collin Koh, NTU Attention shifted away from the South China Sea (SCS) in 2022 as the world confronted the…
Duterte’s China gambit to Bongbong’s balancing act
Author: Jenny Balboa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and Hosei University Former president Rodrigo Duterte dramatically changed the foreign policy…
Hong Kong pharmacies accused of price-gouging on over-the-counter painkillers as Covid-19 cases rise in city and mainland China
Prices for some over-the-counter paracetamol-based drugs are up by almost four times as people panic buy pain relief pills.
Climate of fear engulfs Vietnam’s mainstream media
Author: Dien Luong, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute A fear-cloaked dynamic has increasingly percolated Vietnam’s information environment, in both cyberspace and the…
A script change in Singapore’s successor story
Author: Michael Barr, Flinders University Singapore’s biggest news story of 2022 was that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong finally settled…
Thailand battles worker shortage as it gears up for influx of Chinese tourists
Top-end hotels are offering bonuses to entice back former employees, he said. “A full recovery hinges on arrivals from China,…
Southeast Asia’s tech industry goes from a gallop to a canter
Author: Giulia Ajmone Marsan, ERIA After a couple of years of spectacular growth, tech start-ups and tech giants alike are…
Hong Kong ends 2022 with five listings, ending a tough year with a bang as IPOs trickle back
Executives of three of the five companies that listed for the first time today struck the ceremonial gong at the…
Should Hong Kong schools axe daily Covid tests amid widespread easing of curbs?
“When we relax everything, in one or two months, the herd immunity will become more uniform and cover the previously…